"Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" is a song written by

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released by the

Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era in ...

in 1967 on their album ''

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''. It was released as the B-side to "

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" in the US, Australia and Canada. The song was revived in concert by

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on his 2013-14 Mythology tour.

Recording

This track was recorded on March 23, 1967 along with "Please Read Me", "In My Own Time" and the unreleased track "Life". It was also released as the B-side of "

" in Australia in October 1967 and US in September 1967. Though it was not released as a single anywhere, it appeared on the 1969 compilation ''

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''. Maurice Gibb talks about the

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on this track: "We started off with a mellotron and we used that on "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show", I had to repeat that on stage, but I used an organ". The Bee Gees denied rumours that

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performed on this record.

Musical structure

The introduction of the song features the line ''Oh solo dominique'' chanted by Robin four times - this motif also features after each chorus. The verses are sung by Barry whose electric rhythm guitar features prominently. Music critic Bruce Eder describes this track as "close in spirit to the Moody Blues of this era, opening with a Gregorian chant backed by a

, before breaking into a strangely spaced-out, psychedelic main song body."

Personnel

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and

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, organ,

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- harmony vocal *

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* Bill Shepherd - orchestral arrangement

Cover versions

*Australian singer

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released it on his LP ''Surprises''. *

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recorded this song as an intro to their early live versions of "Shine on Sweet Jesus" as documented on the compilation, '' 20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986-2006''. * The Posies recorded the song and it appeared on several bonus/promotional discs in 1996. * LA based band

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on their second release ''

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'' in 2007. *

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included a version on their album Sorry! in 1994.

References

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